{"id":16371,"date":"2024-05-09T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=16371"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:45:28","slug":"subramanian-swamy-urges-nationalist-voters-to-reject-modi-in-varanasi-ahead-of-lok-sabha-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/south-asia\/india\/subramanian-swamy-urges-nationalist-voters-to-reject-modi-in-varanasi-ahead-of-lok-sabha-elections\/16371\/","title":{"rendered":"Subramanian Swamy urges nationalist voters to reject Modi in Varanasi ahead of Lok Sabha elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has made a controversial call for nationalist voters in Varanasi to refrain from voting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Instead, Swamy is advocating for support to be given to BJP party worker candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, Swamy stated, \u201cI support nationalist voters refusing to vote for Modi in Varanasi. I support [voting for] BJP karyakarta candidates.\u201d He justified this stance by accusing Modi of allowing China to \u201cbrazenly grab 4064 sq km of Ladakh since April 2020 and [telling] a lie \u2018koi aaya nahin\u2026'\u201d, depriving Ladakhis of sheep grazing grounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I support Nationalist voters refusing to vote for Modi in Varanasi. I support vote for BJP karyakarta candidates. Why? Because Modi has allowed China to brazenly grab 4064 sq kms of Ladakh since April 2020 and told a lie \u201c koi aaya nahin\u2026\u201d. depriving Ladakhis of sheep grazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/1788362639363780743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Swamy\u2019s comments refer to the ongoing border tensions between India and China in eastern Ladakh, where clashes erupted in 2020 leading to a military standoff that remains unresolved despite diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP leader\u2019s criticism of Modi\u2019s handling of the situation and his call to deny the Prime Minister votes in his own constituency of Varanasi is highly unusual, given that Swamy belongs to the same party.<\/p>\n<p>This move by Swamy could potentially create divisions within the BJP\u2019s ranks ahead of a crucial election. While some may interpret it as an expression of dissent against the party\u2019s leadership, others could see it as a strategic attempt to galvanize support for grassroots party workers.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP has not officially responded to Swamy\u2019s remarks, but the development is likely to cause ripples within the party\u2019s ranks and the larger political landscape as the election season heats up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swamy\u2019s comments refer to the ongoing border tensions between India and China in eastern Ladakh, where clashes erupted in 2020 leading to a military standoff that remains unresolved despite diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":16374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[4384,175,310,5629,8530,5179],"class_list":["post-16371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-bjp","tag-china","tag-elections","tag-ladakh","tag-modi","tag-pm-modi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}